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单词 nightwalker
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Definition of nightwalker in English:

nightwalker

noun
  • 1A person who walks about at night or who sleepwalks.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Valjean, a man given to thought and a nightwalker, frequently did not return till quite late.
    • The controlling perspective is that of a nightwalker, a lonely insomniac roaming the streets of a sleeping city.
    • But remember it's still too early for the nightwalkers to disregard their reflective gear.
    • The gates of the park were opening and the bedraggled company of nightwalkers were being at last admitted into that paradise of lawns.
    • Fundraising for the hospice was a great success with the day and nightwalkers combining forces for the sponsored event.
    Synonyms
    somnambulist, noctambulist
    1. 1.1archaic A prostitute.
      the power to arrest and apprehend all nightwalkers
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I am very well acquainted with all the haunts and resorts of female nightwalkers.
      • She pleaded guilty to committing vagrancy by being a common prostitute or nightwalker.
      • The work of the police for the suppression of open immorality in the streets took the form of prosecution of common nightwalkers.
      • A woman who was on a dark street without an escort was almost certain to be a prostitute, also known as a nightwalker.
      • These eighteenth-century statutes authorize the arrest of vagrants, vagabonds, and nightwalkers, among others.
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